LINVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, U. S. A. 
Each Six 
KALMIA angustifolia. (Sheep Laurel). Small shrub, two to three 
feet high, with narrow leaves and small deep rose-colored flowers 
in very early spring, i foot per loo, |8. .|o 20 So 75 
K. latifolia (Mountain Laurel). One of the best of all our native 
evergreen shrubs, often twenty to thirty feet high in its wild growth 
among the mountains. Its close corymbs of large white or rose- 
colored flowers are exceedingly showy, and few plants in cultiva- 
tion appear more strikingly beautiful than our " Mountain Laurel," 
when seen from a distance, in full bloom. Mrs. Van Ransselaer, 
in a late number of Garden and Forest, sets forth in a convincing 
way its merits for distinction as "Our National Flower," and we 
trust that popular opinion will also decide in faver of this worthy 
contestant as a flower for our national emblem. 9 to 12 inches 20 75 
I to feet 30 I 20 
K. glauca (Pale Laurel). A low, straggling bush about one foot 
high with lilac-purple flowers, yi, inch broad, in July. 12 to 18 in. . 20 i 00 
^ K. hirsuta (Wicky). Another small kalmia, low and very leafy. 
Flowers rose color, the whole plant somewhat hairy. 6 to 12 in. . . 25 
/O LEDUM latifolium (Labrador Tea). Low evergreen shrub, two to 
five feet high, with oblong leaves, woolly underneath, and hand- 
some white flowers in clusters. 9 to 12 inches 25 i 25 
LEUOOTHCE Catesbaei. Fine small evergreen, with drooping 
stem, three to ten feet long, and recurved branches, along which 
the long dense racemes of beautiful white bell-shaped flowers are 
disposed. Blooms in March and April. 6 to 9 inches 20 75 
9 to 12 inches 15 i 00 
I *o 2 feet 35 I 50 
MAGNOLIA glauoa (Sweet Bay). A beautiful little evergreen mag- 
nolia, with large glossy leaves and deliciously fragrant blossoms. 
It often attains the size of a tree in the south. 6 to 12 inches 25 1 25 
I to 2 feet 35 , 75 
ROSA laevigata (Cherokee Rose). An evergreen rose with single 
0 vfc-hite fragrant flowers two or three inches across, contrasting beau- 
tifully with the smooth evergreen leaves. Will climb twenty or 
more feet high, and forms a most striking picture when in full 
bloom. I to 2 feet 25 i 20 
RHODODENDRON catawbiense (I'urple Rhododendron). Every 
one knows this popular hardy native rhododendron. Its glossy 
dark green foliage and masses of lilac-purple flowers in great clus- 
ters, make it an object of admiration in any situation, whether 
planted singly or massed. Of all the many beautiful Rhododen- 
dron hybrids that are so popular now, there are but very few which 
do not owe much of their vitality, strength of color and hardiness 
to the parent stock of catawbiense. Grows 10 to 15 feet high, the 
blossoms appearing in May or early June in the greatest profusion. 
Fine plants, 6 to 9 inches 20 i 00 
6 to r2 inches, very fine and bushy 35 to 50 i 75 
I to feet, very heavy 50 to r 00 3 00 
R. maximum (Rose Bay, Great Laurel). See cut, p. 8. A superb 
shrub or lo\y tree, often 30 feet high in our southern mountains. 
Its large white or pink blossoms appear in large trusses in July, the 
latest of all the rhododendrons, a quality which adds greatly to its 
value as a fine ornamental. Its dark green, broad foliage is the 
finest of all the species. Without doubt the noblest of all our na- 
tive shrubs, and "absolutely hardy from Vermont to Georgia." 
Strong plants, 6 to 9 inches 20 75 
9 to 12 inches, very fine 30 i 25 
I to I ;4 feet 50 2 00 
R. punctatum (Small Pink R.). This is the smallest of our native 
Alleghanian species. It forms a graceful shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, 
with spreading branches and dark green narrow leaves, covered 
below with rusty dots. The rose-colored flowers are spotted with- 
in, and appear in loose clusters in June. 6 to 72 inches 30 i 25 
I to 2 feet 45 
